ORICOM.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Transparent External Solid State Drive Adapter Enclosure for 2280 2260 2242 2230 PCI-E M2 M-Key SSD, USB Type C Converter Case-TCM2 Blue

I love these cases. Easy to work with and their colors make them easy to identify.

It is a little complicated to to put together, however, it does work fine. Just follow the paper instructions, one end is in English and it should work. Good so far. Thanks.

I have used the Orico SSD enclosure to clone two different SSD's so far. This enclosure is a budget friendly device to use when cloning. The SSD's were cloned using the SSD manufacturer's free cloning software. The process was easy, not much more than 'plug and play. I would highly recommend the Orico enclosure.

Easy enough to install though getting the drive to sit properly on the little plastic shelves while reinstalling it was fiddly and meant taking it apart to realign it a few times.The biggest drawback is the status LED on the main board. HOLY HECK it's like they took the bulb out of the bat signal. The light is blue, faces up at the very corner of the housing and strobes like nuts whenever the drive is being accessed. I initially had the intention of having this on my desk next to me to appreciate how good it looks with the clear housing but yikes it's unbearable. I had to hide it behind a potplant and even then the wall behind it looks like a techno rave. Might look to put a dab of opaque hot glue onto the diode to soften the light a bit.It was nice that Orico includes in the kit everything needed to install the drive, including a USB-C to USB-C cable. It would be nice if these cable were softer though, as they are very chunky and stiff.Performance has been great and the heat sink does a good job, but I think it would be a good idea to get the version with the built-in fan because the heat sink can get extreeeemely hot when the drive is doing a lot of read/writes - too hot touch really, so not ideal for a portable drive if you plan on putting this back in your bag or pocket when you're done unless you can give it 5 minutes to cool down beforehand.

I had repeated overheating with this item when hooked to brand new mac mini m4. Using Samsung 990 NVME drive evo the temperature got to 160 F all the time. This was a consistent issue when hooked to thunderbolt4 and using both manufacturer cable and replacement thunderbolt 5 cable. The plastic case and ill placed fan are an oven. Putting an external fan on it dropped it to 125. My replacement Acasis thunderbolt 4 case does not go over 104 without a supplemental extenal fan. Poor thermal design characteristics. Bad choice for high speed Thunderbolt use. Overheating caused power supply overloading and repeated umount errors from Mac mini.The Orico unit is unsuitable for use as a thunderbolt 4 external item. It works ok on thunderbolt 3 or 10Gbps Usb.

Normally I do a ton of research on something before buying but with this Orico TCM2-U4 enclosure I was more curious than anything. I wanted a new enclosure for my 4TB Samsung 990 PRO SSD so I bought the Orico and a Zike drive enclosure which I haven’t received yet. Using the BlackMagic speed test app the Orico TCM2-U4 is consistently achieving over 3000 Mbps for read/write. I’ve also transferred large RAW photo and video files from my Mac Studio to the drive and it’ll transfer 40GB of files in seconds. For the price ($79 at time of review) the Orico is a steal. With that said, I do still plan on testing the Zike Drive when it arrives because there are a few things I don’t like about the Orico.As to the downsides, the fan is pretty loud which can be annoying. I have a gaming PC with 10 fans so normally I don’t mind fan noise but the Orico fan has a higher pitched fan noise due to the small size so it’s more noticeable. The LED on the Orico is also annoyingly bright especially with the plastic case. Lastly, the other consideration if you plan to purchase the Orico enclosure - for some reason my Orico came with 2 heatsinks, one screwed to the plastic case and another heatsink that is a completely different shape with no obvious way to mount it anywhere. There were no references to this second heat sink in the user manual, the box, or online so I assumed it was a mistake. HOWEVER, when installing my SSD in the Orico I noticed there was a huge gap between the thermal pad and the heat sink on the outer shell (which makes no sense) so I tried sandwiching the second heat sink in-between the outer heat sink and the thermal pad and it worked perfectly (I had to use a 1.5mm thermal pad from Thermal Grizzly). Now when I run the drive the outer heatsink gets hot to the touch with tells me that the thermal sandwich is working perfectly.In summary, for the price I would say the Orico was totally worth the additional effort however I’m still scratching my head on the second heatsink and whether that was intended or if I got lucky. Without the second heatsink it would render the outer heatsink useless since there would be no direct transference of heat from the SSD. Good luck!

Worked fine for just over a month with our SSDs and server, but then we had two of the enclosures fail suddenly. Will try a different brand going forward.Edit: Very pleased with Orico's response, they offered a full refund for the enclosures. The third enclosure we purchased is still working just fine.

GREAT enclosure and works ( and looks ) PERFECT